On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:29:37 -0500, John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 01:19:47PM -0600, Hubert Chan wrote: >> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:26:12 +0000 (UTC), "Sam Morris" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: [...] >> > How do other long-lived distributions handle this problem? How does >> > one install RHEL 4 on such a machine? >> >> By downloading pre-compiled kernel modules (usually from the hardware >> vendor, or from another vendor that ships the same hardware). > How do you get that on the install CD-ROM? You don't. (Sorry, I probably should have included this in my original message.) The RHEL 4 (and similar distributions) installer at some point asks you if you want to load an external module. You stick in a specially formatted floppy, tell the installer to load the module from the floppy, and then it loads the module and detects your hardware. (The exact details are sketchy -- the only time I did it was several months ago, in the middle of installing a whole bunch of new machines, so I don't remember all the details. But that's the basic idea.) (Note: I'm not the administrator for those machines. Otherwise, they'd be running some flavour of Debian.) FWIW, the Windows installer does a similar thing, as well. -- Hubert Chan - email & Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA (Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net) Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
